Author Description

This important work provides a timely, comprehensive overview of paediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, covering advances within the field during the past 25 years. In particular, the authors have synthesized accumulated data and knowledge in the functional development of digestion and absorption, the intestinal immune barrier and gastrointestinal motility, and total infant parenteral and enteral nutrition. Other sections of the book emphasize the development and physiology of the fetus, infant, and child, as well as gastrointestinal immunology, microbiology, and hormonal activity. Gastroenterological pathology is covered from the upper to the lower end of the alimentary tract. A separate chapter has been included on diarrhoea in children in developing countries, and there are two chapters on proliferation of micro-organisms, immune deficiency, and the superinfection that results from it. The section on gastrointestinal surgical pathology reflects the exceptional training of its authors. Final chapters describe gastrointestinal exploration techniques, nutritional strategies, and nursing care of enterostomies.